Pronunciation Strangeness
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I was recording last night and had to pronounce 'brougham'. As usual i googled it and found five sites. Picking the top two they pronounced it differently which was odd. Then checking the others they ALL gave it a significantly different pronunciation! Weird. Every one said it in a unique way; no two were even slightly alike. Never had this happen before and just wanted to ask if anyone has ever had a word that seemed to be said so many authoritative and apparently 'correct' ways?
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It legitimately is pronounced in lots of ways. The OED lists three British plus two American (each American having two options)
Brit.
/ˈbruːəm/
/bruːm/
/ˈbrəʊəm/
U.S.
/ˈbru(ə)m/
/ˈbroʊ(ə)m/
No doubt there are more
Brit.
/ˈbruːəm/
/bruːm/
/ˈbrəʊəm/
U.S.
/ˈbru(ə)m/
/ˈbroʊ(ə)m/
No doubt there are more
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This is a British question: do you say scone or scone?
skɒn - skəʊn
skɒn - skəʊn
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Skoon
That's the version combined with bagpipes.
That's the version combined with bagpipes.
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Sometimes I hear British people from southern England say "forum" with the "o" as in "hot".
Makes the 456th vow to learn IPA. Probably won't because I have too many books to record at LibriVox.
The first time that I heard this pronunciation was on Scambait Central where "Mr Pricky", the main scambaiter, comes from Plymouth. I can't find anyone saying forum that way on Forvo.
Makes the 456th vow to learn IPA. Probably won't because I have too many books to record at LibriVox.
The first time that I heard this pronunciation was on Scambait Central where "Mr Pricky", the main scambaiter, comes from Plymouth. I can't find anyone saying forum that way on Forvo.
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lightcrystal wrote: ↑July 13th, 2022, 11:50 pm Sometimes I hear British people from southern England say "forum" with the "o" as in "hot".
Makes the 456th vow to learn IPA. Probably won't because I have too many books to record at LibriVox.
The first time that I heard this pronunciation was on Scambait Central where "Mr Pricky", the main scambaiter, comes from Plymouth. I can't find anyone saying forum that way on Forvo.
When my family came from Britain I was very young. They had such a strong accent that I kept hearing "Charlie Dowman". I wondered who he was. In the end I found out that they were saying "Child Endowment". Curiously I am told that Estuary London English would say Child Endowment, a payment at the time for kids, like that. But my family comes from Yorkshire and, briefly, Liverpool for employment purposes.
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